11Sep/18

Families mark Organ Donation Week – Pendle Today

Pendle TodayFamilies mark Organ Donation WeekPendle TodayFamilies of organ donors and recipients gathered at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital for the grand reveal of an organ donation plaque which was specially designed by the pupils of Witton Park Ac…

11Sep/18

Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation and increasing transplants – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation and increasing transplants
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Of 8,082 transplants last year, just 367 were from living donors, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, which oversees the nation’s transplant system. Living kidney donations are more common but still not enough to meet the need.
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11Sep/18

Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation and increasing transplants – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation and increasing transplants
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
And that sparks an ethical debate: Many people with failing livers aren’t allowed onto the national waiting list for organs from deceased donors. That’s because the scarce supply is rationed, given only to those with the best survival chances. But what
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11Sep/18

Moreton Bay council secretly helped mayor’s donor win $20 million deal – Brisbane Times


Brisbane Times

Moreton Bay council secretly helped mayor’s donor win $20 million deal
Brisbane Times
The Australian has reported Cr Raedel was the subject of an unrelated investigation by the CCC into a complaint made by Mr Hitzman regarding Cr Raedel’s relationship with a donor. The CCC confirmed it was investigating a Moreton Bay councillor, without …